Clarion 1979-09-07 Vol 55 No 01

Chris Christian appears in concert tonight in the Bethel gym.
A coffee shop view of the newly constructed amphitheater greets new and returning students.
Rookie residents inhabit Hagstrom halls
the Clarion Vol. 55 No. 1 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Se • tember 7, 1979
Welcome Week: activities center around freshmen orientation
"Seven hundred and fifty
students arriving at the same time
creates an amazing logistics pro-blem,"
said out-going Dean of
Men Wink Menser, concerning
Bethel's 1979 version of Welcome
Week. "We'll take an aggressive
approach, graciously attacking
every car that pulls in on Friday."
From the first ambush of a
loaded car to the cleanup of the
week's climaxing banquet,
Menser, along with co-chairmen
Joel Johnson and Val Pasma, will
attempt to present a balanced in-troduction
to life at Bethel.
Welcome Week is traditionally
known for its summer camp,
almost carnival atmosphere. "In
the past, by the time classes
started, the kids were ready for a
vacation," said Menser. "We did
a good job at making the students
feel welcome, but this year we're
aiming to show what Bethel is all
about socially, spiritually, and
academically."
Toward this end, Menser,
Johnson and Pasma will introduce
a number of innovations in the
Welcome Week schedule.
A concert featuring Chris
Christian highlights Friday's ac-tivities,
and the night "On the
Town," concludes Saturday's
schedule. A Koinonia service is set
for Sunday, and Welcome Week
climaxes with the traditional ban-quet
on Monday night.
The Christian Concert is free to
new students, and tickets are
available for returning students at
$2 each. Proclamation, a Bethel-based
touring group, will also ap-pear,
as a warm-up to Christian.
On the Town, a massive project
for the Welcome Week commit-tee,
will transport students to
various Twin City cultural and
entertainment events. Students
must cover expenses for their
chosen activity, but Bethel will
pick up the $1000 transportation
tab.
On the Town was incorporated
to expose students to opportun-ities
in the area, and avoid the
possibility of letting a student's
entire life revolve around Bethel,
said Menser.
- Sunday's Koinonia service is
often the spiritual highlight of
Welcome Week, according to
Menser. The student-led service is
informal and low-key, attempting
to obtain a contemplative and
worshipful atmosphere.
On Monday evening, Welcome
Week concludes with its banquet,
featuring chicken, and its pro-gram,
featuring the Welcome
Week staff.
Changes from past Welcome
Weeks include a more relaxed
schedule, a greater emphasis on
transfer students, a Welcome
Week Headquarters area next to
the library, a group of straw-hatted
information workers called
"Troubleshooters," and the
Monday workshops.
The workshops, ranging in con-tent
from dating to time manage-ment,
emphasize orientation to
everyday life at Bethel. Other
acitivities with a similar goal in-clude
the presentation of the
academic curriculum by the
dean's office and an introduction
to the nature of student's personal
development during his Bethel
career, as presented by Campus
Pastor Jim Spickelmier.
Not to be forgotten, the parents
will also have activities scheduled
throughout the weekend.
Because of the changing nature
of Welcome Week 1979, Menser
by Carol Madison
A record freshmen enrollment
and an unprecedented interest in
campus housing by upperclassmen
has created a need for overflow
housing once again on the- old
Bethel campus.
Hagstrom dorm is presently oc-cupied
by 108 freshmen who ap-plied
late for housing this fall. The
decision to house freshmen on old
campus was considered by the ad-ministration
to be the best of all
possible alternatives.
According to Mack Nettleton,
Director of Student Affairs, other
alternatives were to triple up
freshmen on new campus, or
move sophomores from already
leased townhouses to the
Hagstrom dorm. •
"We don't favor the townhouse
for freshmen," said Nettleton.
"We prefer the interaction that
comes naturally with a dorm
situation. Therefore, we thought
believes the co-chairmen, Johnson
and Pasnia, have had a particu-larly
rough job. "They didn't
have anyone's experience to fall
back on," he said.
"Joel Johnson worked especial-ly
hard this summer, working
Hagstrom was the best choice."
Dorm life in Hagstrom is pro-gramed
like the freshmen
residences on new campus. Each
floor has a resident assistant, and
the freshmen are currently par-ticipating
in all the Welcome
Week activities.
Students will continue to have
access, through bus seriice, to the
shopping centers and fast-food
chains on Snelling Avenue. Daily
bus rides were described by Net-tleton
as having the same in-fluence
on student interaction as a
common rec-room would.
Dan Fair, a 1977 graduate of
Bethel, will take charge of
Hagstrom as the new resident
director. He and his wife, Andrea,
plan to work closely with the
freshmen to insure that this
unique situation will be a good ex-perience.
"I'm glad about the oppor-tunity
to work with freshmen," he
said. "We hope to develop a
hundreds of hours when Val was
on tour," he commented.
When Welcome Week con-cludes,
Menser will be leaving
Bethel for California, and Charlie
Retts will assume the duties of the
dean of men.
special identity between these kids
as residents of Hagstrom. We're
planning activities specifically for
old campus, and we will also work
together with new campus resident
directors in joining the groups
together."
Special privileges will be given
to the old campus residents. Tele-phones
will be provided for each
room, sparing students the costly
installation and service charges.
They will also be given rental
lockers on new campus at no cost.
Fair hopes to open the gym as an
alternative to the over-crowded
new campus gym.
Fair believes freshmen housed
in Hagstrom will have an advan-tage
over other freshmen.
"The kids will be forced to
organize their day," he said. "In-stead
of living on cozy new dam-pus,
they will have to learn to fend
themselves."
"Perhaps they will even develop
study habits," he added.
Editorial I
Christian journalistic bases
guide Clarion fifty-fifth year
As the new school year begins, and the Clarion commences publica-tion,
the editorial staff wishes to use this space to bombard you not with
platitudes and promises, but with a policy statement and an introduc-tion
to some changes that can be expected this year.
Our specific policies relate directly to our two overeaching goals: to
reflect the Bethel community, and, at the same time, to lead that group
of people. For purposes of definition, Bethel college is a Christian
liberal arts community.
Foremost in this definition is that we are a group of Christians, and
our work must center on Christ and be guided by Christian principles.
Specifically, everything we print must either edify or serve as correction
or warning. We will not tolerate destructive criticism, profanity or us-ing
the Lord's name in vain.
We are also a liberal arts community. Therefore our position as the
news medium demands a commitment to academic and journalistic
principles. The Clarion must be well written and it must be appealing to
the eye, as well as being a champion of those ever-elusive ideals of
liberal arts.
By reflection we mean to report objectively on all aspects of Bethel
life: social, athletic, artistic, governmental, and so on. When we reflect
student life, we are not interested in cosmetics. If a situation warrants
objective reporting or editorial comment, we will not hesitate to print in
order to protect an image.
By leading we mean to be an example and promote our ideals within
the bounds of objectivity.
We urge reader participation in the content of the Clarion in the form
of letters of the editor, solicited and unsolicited manuscripts, and
photography.
A 1979 Clarion innovation is an open column in which all are invited
to submit a more literary type of article.
We also urge critical feedback concerning format, content, and visual
quality. The names of those responsible for each Clarion are prominent-ly
displayed, and we can be approached face to face or via inter-campus
mail. Criticism, however painful, is crucial to our success.
Finally, the Clarion has developed a venerable tradition over the
years, easily symbolized by an old plow horse—it just keeps plodding
along. As the school year arises in front of us, it seems well to clean up
that tradition, give it a good kick, and get it moving again. Our
culminating aim is (to use the old horse imagery to a point of overkill) to
ride off to new journalistic 'horizons and leave the likes of Shelley,
Olsen, Trollinger, Healy, and Shelley in a small cloud of dust.
Note
On September 21, 1979, the Clarion will resume its semi-regular
weekly publication. At that time, the full complement of writers,
editors, photographer, cartoonists, managers, and layout experts
will assist in production.
Attention
In coming issues, the Clarion will begin printing classifed ads as a
service to the student body. Personals, help wanted, items for
sale, and lost puppy ads will be available at a nominal fee for
students (250 per line) and at slightly inflated rates for outside in-terests.
The Clarion reserves all editorial rights in the printing of
ads. Ads and accompanying payment should be sent through in-ter-
campus mail to: The Clarion, box 2381. This service is offered
on a trial basis and continuation will depend upon student and
staff response. .
Chapel Schedule
Tuesday - Pres. Lundquist
Wednesday - Pastor Spick-elmier
Thursday - Dean Marilyn
Starr
Friday - Stanley Anderson 1 The life of a freshman; more than men , socials, independence
by Joy Nannette Banta
It was indeed a new experience.
I had been a freshmen be-fore—
but that was in high school.
This was different!
A neophyte among many well-seasoned
"upperclassmen."
Everybody spoke with awe when
discussing this foreign, yet highly
respected, breed of student.
Nobody told me that once I too
stepped up from the level of the
"Frosh" that I'd feel nothing at
all spectacular—only relief, pure
and simple.
Everybody said that it would be
fantastic to get out on my own
and conquer the biggest man on
campus during my freshman year.
Nobody told me that the fresh
"men" either left their gals back
page two
home or were "serious about their
studies and concerned with getting
a degree."
All I ever heard was the wonder
of independence, but never was it
mentioned' that professors took
that fact for granted and never
bothered to remind you that it was
time to start hitting the
books—hard!
"The social life for freshmen is
out of this world."__ So is the pile
of research papers yet to be writ-ten
and books yet to be read one
week before finals. Aha!
Yes, it's easy to figure out the
lay of the grounds and know
where every cranny and nook is!
"No, no one ever said there were
restrooms on the second floor of
the library."
Everyone said college pro-fessors
were apt to be stiffer and
quite determined to grind in the
facts. No one ever said that I had
to do the reading every day and be
ready for pop quizzes every other
day.
Everybody boasted about all
their new found friends during
first semester; but no one could
explain away the widespread cases
of loneliness blues about mid-term
time.
They all said that as a freshman
I would be teased. They didn't say
I'd be constantly hearing, "When
I was a freshman...oh...it's great
never to have to be a FRESH-MAN
again."
All my advisors said to get in-volved
in extra-curricular ac-tivities
for a complete liberal arts
education. No one kept reminding
me of that familiar phrase, "keep
your priorities in order."
Everyone back home was really
proud of me when I left for
school. They all thought it was a
great step. No one was happier to
see me though, back home.
It was a new experience, yes.
But when I think, not quite so far
back, so was my sophomore
year—I anticipate my junior year.
Everybody says their college years
are the greatest ever. Everybody is
right.
the Clarion Bethel College Vol. 55 No. 1 September 7, 1979
Paul Olsen, Editor
Carol Madison, Steve Erickson, Associate Editors
Joy Banta, Copy Editor, Doug Barkey, Photographer
Suanne Hawkins, Business Manager
Campus coordinators plan 7
anticipate 'exciting year'
Campus Coordinators of '79-'80, Mary Beth Larson and Bob
Schmidt have set up Bethel's social calendar for the year.
Smith returns for chapel series
by Suanne Hawkins
Dr. W. Robert Smith, widely
known as "Dr. Bob," a former
Bethel professor will lead the
special "Deeper Life" chapel ser-vices,
Sept. 18-20. Dr. Bob was
well-known and loved by Bethel
students during his 24 years here
as a professor of Philosophy.
Radio KABY
to air new sound
in coming year
by Steve Erickson
Bethel's radio station, KABY,
will be on the air soon, possibly
resuming broadcasting sometime
during Welcome Week.
KABY will start its second year
back—after several years
absence—with an all new format.
This year the station will play only
Christian music. A survey con-ducted
last spring revealed that a
majority of Bethel students would
like to hear only Christian music
on KABY.
Rick Talbot will be this year's
station manager. He is working on
his broadcasting major in con-junction
with Northwestern Col-lege.
KABY broadcasts from 6 a.m.
until midnight and can be picked
up on 540 AM in the new campus
dorms and townhouses.
Although retired from teaching in
1976, he still carries on a full-time
worldwide preaching ministry.
While speaking at Bethel, Dr.
Bob will concentrate on encourag-ing
students to dedicate their lives
to the service of the Lord, what-ever
their vocation. He is especial-ly
concerned about the prevailing
attitude in our country today, that
of each person looking out for
himself rather than giving to
others. Dr. Bob will talk about
responding to what the Lord has
given us by giving ourselves in ser-vice.
"Deeper Life" week is tradi-tionally
held at the beginning of
each school year at Bethel. Accor-ding
to Campus Pastor Jim
Spickelmier, its purpose is "to
lead us all - students, faculty, and
staff - to a renewed commitment
and a closer walk with the Lord."
Dr. Bob has often inspired the
Bethel community in this way in
the past.
Dr. Bob Smith graduated from
Muskegan College and Pittsburg-
Xania Theological Seminary, and
received his Doctor of Theology
degree at Southern Baptist Theo-logical
Seminary in 1942. Before
coming to Bethel, he taught at
Monmouth College in Illinois and
Dubuque University in Iowa, as
well as holding several Presby-terian
pastorates. He was a pro-fessor
of Philosophy at Bethel
from 1952 until his retirement in
1976.
Welcome to Bethel! As Campus
Coordinators, we have worked
hard all summer planning ac-tiviites
for this school year. With
the Lord's guidance, we have
organized activities which - will
meet your various interests and
make this year really special!
We want to have activities
which are lots of fun, but we also
want to- encourage the spiritual
growth of each one of you. It's
most important that Bethel's ac-tivities
glorify God; He wants us
to enjoy life, so we have planned
our activities accordingly. We are
assured that the Lord has a special
blessing for each one of us
through the activities planned!!
We will be handing out nine-month
calendars through your
P.O.'s in a few days. They will in-clude
all of the activities planned
by the Campus Coordinators.
Other events such as sports,
drama, and music will be included
in the Student Affairs calendar.
You will also receive a C.C.
newsletter once a month describ-ing
the details of the upcoming
events. The exciting things
planned for September are: an ice
cream social, rollerskating, a
singspiration, Almost Anything
Goes, movies and munchies, and a
Valley Fair Day!
The best way to have a great
year at Bethel is to get involved!
We expect enthusiastic participa-tion
by each student! That is why
we plan the activities just for you!
These events are good oppor-tunities
for you to meet others,
make new friends, and take your
mind off of the studying! So don't
be bashful—Get Involved!!
We would also love to have you
stop by our office, across from the
P.O.'s, and chat with us for
awhile. We will welcome sugges-tions
from anyone, too. We are
here to serve you, so let us know
how we're doing! Have a great
year!
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Fall sports gear up for season ahead
by Steve Erickson
With the beginning of school
not quite here, fall sports have
already begun. Football, soccer,
and cross- country have begun
practicing and the initial football
game of the season takes place to-morrow
at Mayville State at 7:30
p.m.
Football
The Royals beat Mayville State,
a North Dakota team, 13-0 to
open last year's season, and
Coach Chub Reynolds again feels
Mayville will not be quite as tough
as most of the MIAC teams.
"We feel that we'll be
stronger," said Reynolds, "if we
can keep everyone healthy. We're
not terribly deep."
Already Bethel has lost three
players for the season to injury.
Among them was Mark Johnson,
a senior, who dislocated his
kneecap and suffered ligament
damage. Fifty-eight players re-main
on the roster.
On offense, leading rusher and
co-captain Tom Klitzke and Tim
Schwalm (transferring back to
Bethel after a year's absence) will
carry much of the load at running
backs. Three QB's may see action.
They include holdover L, onnie
Holmgren, Wilmar CC transfer
Tim Anderstrom, and freshman
Rich Dean.
The passing game will be much
better with standout wide
receivers Ken Cooper and transfer
Frank Sanza. Rich Graves has
been moved into the tightend slot.
The offensive line will be young
and almost completely revamped,
but Reynolds expects it to be
stronger than last year. Steve Car-rigan
(shifted from defense) and
Kelly "Bando" Brandes start at
tackle while Dan Borth and Dave
Moberg are the guards. Transfer
Dan Wiley secures the center
position.
Defensively, one of the keys will
be senior defensive tackle Rich
Hodge, who shed 30 pounds over
the summer. At defensive end, co-captain
Steve Kramka and Bob
Goebel are being pushed hard by
transfers Paul Carlson and Jeff
Bergeson.
Reynolds expects to be stronger
defensively because Bethel plans
to go back to the 4-3 defense it us-ed
to use. The linebackers will be
Dave Strom, Dave Vanzo, Mike
Quesnell with backup help from
veterans Ray Boe, Mike DuBay,
and Steve Fischer.
The secondary has the most ex-perience.
Co-captain Randy
Fredin, Russ Anderson, Mike
Hoffner, Dan Stockfish, Scott
Engstrom, Jeff Wilson, Kevin
Frank and Sherwood McKinnis
are all upperclassmen who will see
action, as will freshmen Andy
Furman and Mike Bieniewicz.
Reynolds expects Concordia
Gustavus, St. Olaf, and St. John's
to be the teams to beat, in that or-der.
Soccer
Soccer opens the season at
home, Sept, 15 at 1:30 against St.
Mary's, with a new coach and a
new outlook. Mark Leigh, a grad-uate
student at the University of
Minnesota and assistant housing
director at Bethel, takes over as
the new coach, stressing posses-sion
and accuracy. Assisting Leigh
will be Bethel graduate Brian
Bohne.
Camp opened Sept. 1, as ap-proximately
30 players went
through two-a-day workouts. Of-fensively,
the Royals should be
deep, with many players possibly
seeing action. This depth is un-usual
for Bethel soccer.
The Royals are led by their co-captains,
winger Doug Hage and
two-time MVP Jon Fast. Other re-turning
starters include Jon Fred-erickson,
Jeff Beckman, Bob
Genheimer, and Mark Maillefer.
Two of the last year's key play-ers
appear to be out for the sea-son.
The loss of Doug "Vamos"
Barkey (torn knee ligament) and
Dave Vessey (concussion) dealt a
blow to the Royal defense.
by Carol Madison
Practice sessions for the
women's volleyball team began
three days ago in preparation for
the start of the season on
September 21 at the Bemidji In-vitational.
Returning seniors Sheryl Meyer
and Janet Peterson will lead the
varsity as co-captains. Only four
other players will return with var-sity
experience.
Juniors Joy Sorensen and Kati
Miller, along with sophomores
Deb Omath and Lori Olsen will
combine their varsity experience
with the junior varsity experience
of Merry Olmstead, Tami Miller,
Leslie Smith, Linda Wong, Man-dy
Fawley and Kris Doble in com-peting
for starting positions.
The fifteen freshmen expected
to try out for the team will also be
vying for varsity spots.
"Sheryl, Janet, Joy and Kati
started a lot last year, and the rest
of the players will have to decide
where they fit in," said Coach
Karyl Frye. "We'll be carrying 18
to 24 players on the J.V. and
varsity, and those interested are
still welcome to come and tryout
for the team."
Because Coach Frye sees the
spiking department as the team's
Field against St.
foot shot.
strongest asset, she anticipates us-ing
a multiple offense.
"We would like to have three
hitters up front, with the setter
coming out the back row. We're
looking for good setters and back
row people who can pass the ball
up well on the serve," she said.
The Royals schedule will in-clude
seventeen matches and one
weekend tournament, along with
the state tournament at Macales-ter.
"We have a very busy schedule
this year, and our success will de-pend
on the condition of the
team," said Frye.
Cross-country
Tomorrow the cross-country
team begins its season with an
alumni and intrasquad meet at
11:00. Their first conference meet
is Sept. 15 versus Gustavus and
Southwest State.
This season the team, coached
by Gene Glader, hopes to hold its
home meets on the running trail
that surrounds the Bethel campus.
Although hurt by the loss of
Dave Clapp to graduation, the
harriers should be strong with re-turnees
Brent Friesen, Jim Feleen,
and Brian Galloway, among Bethel soccer begins next Saturday at Bremer
others.. Mary's. Here lanky Dan Blake sets for an off
Volleyball team prepares for full season;
large freshmen turnout expands roster
Two very competent areas of the Royal team this year should be the kicking and the MIAC field goal record. Three qua
passing game. Paul Lindberg (left) exhibits the form that allowed him to break season nears.
erbacks will vie for starting job as the

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Chris Christian appears in concert tonight in the Bethel gym.
A coffee shop view of the newly constructed amphitheater greets new and returning students.
Rookie residents inhabit Hagstrom halls
the Clarion Vol. 55 No. 1 Bethel College, St. Paul, MN Se • tember 7, 1979
Welcome Week: activities center around freshmen orientation
"Seven hundred and fifty
students arriving at the same time
creates an amazing logistics pro-blem,"
said out-going Dean of
Men Wink Menser, concerning
Bethel's 1979 version of Welcome
Week. "We'll take an aggressive
approach, graciously attacking
every car that pulls in on Friday."
From the first ambush of a
loaded car to the cleanup of the
week's climaxing banquet,
Menser, along with co-chairmen
Joel Johnson and Val Pasma, will
attempt to present a balanced in-troduction
to life at Bethel.
Welcome Week is traditionally
known for its summer camp,
almost carnival atmosphere. "In
the past, by the time classes
started, the kids were ready for a
vacation," said Menser. "We did
a good job at making the students
feel welcome, but this year we're
aiming to show what Bethel is all
about socially, spiritually, and
academically."
Toward this end, Menser,
Johnson and Pasma will introduce
a number of innovations in the
Welcome Week schedule.
A concert featuring Chris
Christian highlights Friday's ac-tivities,
and the night "On the
Town," concludes Saturday's
schedule. A Koinonia service is set
for Sunday, and Welcome Week
climaxes with the traditional ban-quet
on Monday night.
The Christian Concert is free to
new students, and tickets are
available for returning students at
$2 each. Proclamation, a Bethel-based
touring group, will also ap-pear,
as a warm-up to Christian.
On the Town, a massive project
for the Welcome Week commit-tee,
will transport students to
various Twin City cultural and
entertainment events. Students
must cover expenses for their
chosen activity, but Bethel will
pick up the $1000 transportation
tab.
On the Town was incorporated
to expose students to opportun-ities
in the area, and avoid the
possibility of letting a student's
entire life revolve around Bethel,
said Menser.
- Sunday's Koinonia service is
often the spiritual highlight of
Welcome Week, according to
Menser. The student-led service is
informal and low-key, attempting
to obtain a contemplative and
worshipful atmosphere.
On Monday evening, Welcome
Week concludes with its banquet,
featuring chicken, and its pro-gram,
featuring the Welcome
Week staff.
Changes from past Welcome
Weeks include a more relaxed
schedule, a greater emphasis on
transfer students, a Welcome
Week Headquarters area next to
the library, a group of straw-hatted
information workers called
"Troubleshooters," and the
Monday workshops.
The workshops, ranging in con-tent
from dating to time manage-ment,
emphasize orientation to
everyday life at Bethel. Other
acitivities with a similar goal in-clude
the presentation of the
academic curriculum by the
dean's office and an introduction
to the nature of student's personal
development during his Bethel
career, as presented by Campus
Pastor Jim Spickelmier.
Not to be forgotten, the parents
will also have activities scheduled
throughout the weekend.
Because of the changing nature
of Welcome Week 1979, Menser
by Carol Madison
A record freshmen enrollment
and an unprecedented interest in
campus housing by upperclassmen
has created a need for overflow
housing once again on the- old
Bethel campus.
Hagstrom dorm is presently oc-cupied
by 108 freshmen who ap-plied
late for housing this fall. The
decision to house freshmen on old
campus was considered by the ad-ministration
to be the best of all
possible alternatives.
According to Mack Nettleton,
Director of Student Affairs, other
alternatives were to triple up
freshmen on new campus, or
move sophomores from already
leased townhouses to the
Hagstrom dorm. •
"We don't favor the townhouse
for freshmen," said Nettleton.
"We prefer the interaction that
comes naturally with a dorm
situation. Therefore, we thought
believes the co-chairmen, Johnson
and Pasnia, have had a particu-larly
rough job. "They didn't
have anyone's experience to fall
back on," he said.
"Joel Johnson worked especial-ly
hard this summer, working
Hagstrom was the best choice."
Dorm life in Hagstrom is pro-gramed
like the freshmen
residences on new campus. Each
floor has a resident assistant, and
the freshmen are currently par-ticipating
in all the Welcome
Week activities.
Students will continue to have
access, through bus seriice, to the
shopping centers and fast-food
chains on Snelling Avenue. Daily
bus rides were described by Net-tleton
as having the same in-fluence
on student interaction as a
common rec-room would.
Dan Fair, a 1977 graduate of
Bethel, will take charge of
Hagstrom as the new resident
director. He and his wife, Andrea,
plan to work closely with the
freshmen to insure that this
unique situation will be a good ex-perience.
"I'm glad about the oppor-tunity
to work with freshmen," he
said. "We hope to develop a
hundreds of hours when Val was
on tour," he commented.
When Welcome Week con-cludes,
Menser will be leaving
Bethel for California, and Charlie
Retts will assume the duties of the
dean of men.
special identity between these kids
as residents of Hagstrom. We're
planning activities specifically for
old campus, and we will also work
together with new campus resident
directors in joining the groups
together."
Special privileges will be given
to the old campus residents. Tele-phones
will be provided for each
room, sparing students the costly
installation and service charges.
They will also be given rental
lockers on new campus at no cost.
Fair hopes to open the gym as an
alternative to the over-crowded
new campus gym.
Fair believes freshmen housed
in Hagstrom will have an advan-tage
over other freshmen.
"The kids will be forced to
organize their day," he said. "In-stead
of living on cozy new dam-pus,
they will have to learn to fend
themselves."
"Perhaps they will even develop
study habits," he added.
Editorial I
Christian journalistic bases
guide Clarion fifty-fifth year
As the new school year begins, and the Clarion commences publica-tion,
the editorial staff wishes to use this space to bombard you not with
platitudes and promises, but with a policy statement and an introduc-tion
to some changes that can be expected this year.
Our specific policies relate directly to our two overeaching goals: to
reflect the Bethel community, and, at the same time, to lead that group
of people. For purposes of definition, Bethel college is a Christian
liberal arts community.
Foremost in this definition is that we are a group of Christians, and
our work must center on Christ and be guided by Christian principles.
Specifically, everything we print must either edify or serve as correction
or warning. We will not tolerate destructive criticism, profanity or us-ing
the Lord's name in vain.
We are also a liberal arts community. Therefore our position as the
news medium demands a commitment to academic and journalistic
principles. The Clarion must be well written and it must be appealing to
the eye, as well as being a champion of those ever-elusive ideals of
liberal arts.
By reflection we mean to report objectively on all aspects of Bethel
life: social, athletic, artistic, governmental, and so on. When we reflect
student life, we are not interested in cosmetics. If a situation warrants
objective reporting or editorial comment, we will not hesitate to print in
order to protect an image.
By leading we mean to be an example and promote our ideals within
the bounds of objectivity.
We urge reader participation in the content of the Clarion in the form
of letters of the editor, solicited and unsolicited manuscripts, and
photography.
A 1979 Clarion innovation is an open column in which all are invited
to submit a more literary type of article.
We also urge critical feedback concerning format, content, and visual
quality. The names of those responsible for each Clarion are prominent-ly
displayed, and we can be approached face to face or via inter-campus
mail. Criticism, however painful, is crucial to our success.
Finally, the Clarion has developed a venerable tradition over the
years, easily symbolized by an old plow horse—it just keeps plodding
along. As the school year arises in front of us, it seems well to clean up
that tradition, give it a good kick, and get it moving again. Our
culminating aim is (to use the old horse imagery to a point of overkill) to
ride off to new journalistic 'horizons and leave the likes of Shelley,
Olsen, Trollinger, Healy, and Shelley in a small cloud of dust.
Note
On September 21, 1979, the Clarion will resume its semi-regular
weekly publication. At that time, the full complement of writers,
editors, photographer, cartoonists, managers, and layout experts
will assist in production.
Attention
In coming issues, the Clarion will begin printing classifed ads as a
service to the student body. Personals, help wanted, items for
sale, and lost puppy ads will be available at a nominal fee for
students (250 per line) and at slightly inflated rates for outside in-terests.
The Clarion reserves all editorial rights in the printing of
ads. Ads and accompanying payment should be sent through in-ter-
campus mail to: The Clarion, box 2381. This service is offered
on a trial basis and continuation will depend upon student and
staff response. .
Chapel Schedule
Tuesday - Pres. Lundquist
Wednesday - Pastor Spick-elmier
Thursday - Dean Marilyn
Starr
Friday - Stanley Anderson 1 The life of a freshman; more than men , socials, independence
by Joy Nannette Banta
It was indeed a new experience.
I had been a freshmen be-fore—
but that was in high school.
This was different!
A neophyte among many well-seasoned
"upperclassmen."
Everybody spoke with awe when
discussing this foreign, yet highly
respected, breed of student.
Nobody told me that once I too
stepped up from the level of the
"Frosh" that I'd feel nothing at
all spectacular—only relief, pure
and simple.
Everybody said that it would be
fantastic to get out on my own
and conquer the biggest man on
campus during my freshman year.
Nobody told me that the fresh
"men" either left their gals back
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home or were "serious about their
studies and concerned with getting
a degree."
All I ever heard was the wonder
of independence, but never was it
mentioned' that professors took
that fact for granted and never
bothered to remind you that it was
time to start hitting the
books—hard!
"The social life for freshmen is
out of this world."__ So is the pile
of research papers yet to be writ-ten
and books yet to be read one
week before finals. Aha!
Yes, it's easy to figure out the
lay of the grounds and know
where every cranny and nook is!
"No, no one ever said there were
restrooms on the second floor of
the library."
Everyone said college pro-fessors
were apt to be stiffer and
quite determined to grind in the
facts. No one ever said that I had
to do the reading every day and be
ready for pop quizzes every other
day.
Everybody boasted about all
their new found friends during
first semester; but no one could
explain away the widespread cases
of loneliness blues about mid-term
time.
They all said that as a freshman
I would be teased. They didn't say
I'd be constantly hearing, "When
I was a freshman...oh...it's great
never to have to be a FRESH-MAN
again."
All my advisors said to get in-volved
in extra-curricular ac-tivities
for a complete liberal arts
education. No one kept reminding
me of that familiar phrase, "keep
your priorities in order."
Everyone back home was really
proud of me when I left for
school. They all thought it was a
great step. No one was happier to
see me though, back home.
It was a new experience, yes.
But when I think, not quite so far
back, so was my sophomore
year—I anticipate my junior year.
Everybody says their college years
are the greatest ever. Everybody is
right.
the Clarion Bethel College Vol. 55 No. 1 September 7, 1979
Paul Olsen, Editor
Carol Madison, Steve Erickson, Associate Editors
Joy Banta, Copy Editor, Doug Barkey, Photographer
Suanne Hawkins, Business Manager
Campus coordinators plan 7
anticipate 'exciting year'
Campus Coordinators of '79-'80, Mary Beth Larson and Bob
Schmidt have set up Bethel's social calendar for the year.
Smith returns for chapel series
by Suanne Hawkins
Dr. W. Robert Smith, widely
known as "Dr. Bob," a former
Bethel professor will lead the
special "Deeper Life" chapel ser-vices,
Sept. 18-20. Dr. Bob was
well-known and loved by Bethel
students during his 24 years here
as a professor of Philosophy.
Radio KABY
to air new sound
in coming year
by Steve Erickson
Bethel's radio station, KABY,
will be on the air soon, possibly
resuming broadcasting sometime
during Welcome Week.
KABY will start its second year
back—after several years
absence—with an all new format.
This year the station will play only
Christian music. A survey con-ducted
last spring revealed that a
majority of Bethel students would
like to hear only Christian music
on KABY.
Rick Talbot will be this year's
station manager. He is working on
his broadcasting major in con-junction
with Northwestern Col-lege.
KABY broadcasts from 6 a.m.
until midnight and can be picked
up on 540 AM in the new campus
dorms and townhouses.
Although retired from teaching in
1976, he still carries on a full-time
worldwide preaching ministry.
While speaking at Bethel, Dr.
Bob will concentrate on encourag-ing
students to dedicate their lives
to the service of the Lord, what-ever
their vocation. He is especial-ly
concerned about the prevailing
attitude in our country today, that
of each person looking out for
himself rather than giving to
others. Dr. Bob will talk about
responding to what the Lord has
given us by giving ourselves in ser-vice.
"Deeper Life" week is tradi-tionally
held at the beginning of
each school year at Bethel. Accor-ding
to Campus Pastor Jim
Spickelmier, its purpose is "to
lead us all - students, faculty, and
staff - to a renewed commitment
and a closer walk with the Lord."
Dr. Bob has often inspired the
Bethel community in this way in
the past.
Dr. Bob Smith graduated from
Muskegan College and Pittsburg-
Xania Theological Seminary, and
received his Doctor of Theology
degree at Southern Baptist Theo-logical
Seminary in 1942. Before
coming to Bethel, he taught at
Monmouth College in Illinois and
Dubuque University in Iowa, as
well as holding several Presby-terian
pastorates. He was a pro-fessor
of Philosophy at Bethel
from 1952 until his retirement in
1976.
Welcome to Bethel! As Campus
Coordinators, we have worked
hard all summer planning ac-tiviites
for this school year. With
the Lord's guidance, we have
organized activities which - will
meet your various interests and
make this year really special!
We want to have activities
which are lots of fun, but we also
want to- encourage the spiritual
growth of each one of you. It's
most important that Bethel's ac-tivities
glorify God; He wants us
to enjoy life, so we have planned
our activities accordingly. We are
assured that the Lord has a special
blessing for each one of us
through the activities planned!!
We will be handing out nine-month
calendars through your
P.O.'s in a few days. They will in-clude
all of the activities planned
by the Campus Coordinators.
Other events such as sports,
drama, and music will be included
in the Student Affairs calendar.
You will also receive a C.C.
newsletter once a month describ-ing
the details of the upcoming
events. The exciting things
planned for September are: an ice
cream social, rollerskating, a
singspiration, Almost Anything
Goes, movies and munchies, and a
Valley Fair Day!
The best way to have a great
year at Bethel is to get involved!
We expect enthusiastic participa-tion
by each student! That is why
we plan the activities just for you!
These events are good oppor-tunities
for you to meet others,
make new friends, and take your
mind off of the studying! So don't
be bashful—Get Involved!!
We would also love to have you
stop by our office, across from the
P.O.'s, and chat with us for
awhile. We will welcome sugges-tions
from anyone, too. We are
here to serve you, so let us know
how we're doing! Have a great
year!
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Fall sports gear up for season ahead
by Steve Erickson
With the beginning of school
not quite here, fall sports have
already begun. Football, soccer,
and cross- country have begun
practicing and the initial football
game of the season takes place to-morrow
at Mayville State at 7:30
p.m.
Football
The Royals beat Mayville State,
a North Dakota team, 13-0 to
open last year's season, and
Coach Chub Reynolds again feels
Mayville will not be quite as tough
as most of the MIAC teams.
"We feel that we'll be
stronger," said Reynolds, "if we
can keep everyone healthy. We're
not terribly deep."
Already Bethel has lost three
players for the season to injury.
Among them was Mark Johnson,
a senior, who dislocated his
kneecap and suffered ligament
damage. Fifty-eight players re-main
on the roster.
On offense, leading rusher and
co-captain Tom Klitzke and Tim
Schwalm (transferring back to
Bethel after a year's absence) will
carry much of the load at running
backs. Three QB's may see action.
They include holdover L, onnie
Holmgren, Wilmar CC transfer
Tim Anderstrom, and freshman
Rich Dean.
The passing game will be much
better with standout wide
receivers Ken Cooper and transfer
Frank Sanza. Rich Graves has
been moved into the tightend slot.
The offensive line will be young
and almost completely revamped,
but Reynolds expects it to be
stronger than last year. Steve Car-rigan
(shifted from defense) and
Kelly "Bando" Brandes start at
tackle while Dan Borth and Dave
Moberg are the guards. Transfer
Dan Wiley secures the center
position.
Defensively, one of the keys will
be senior defensive tackle Rich
Hodge, who shed 30 pounds over
the summer. At defensive end, co-captain
Steve Kramka and Bob
Goebel are being pushed hard by
transfers Paul Carlson and Jeff
Bergeson.
Reynolds expects to be stronger
defensively because Bethel plans
to go back to the 4-3 defense it us-ed
to use. The linebackers will be
Dave Strom, Dave Vanzo, Mike
Quesnell with backup help from
veterans Ray Boe, Mike DuBay,
and Steve Fischer.
The secondary has the most ex-perience.
Co-captain Randy
Fredin, Russ Anderson, Mike
Hoffner, Dan Stockfish, Scott
Engstrom, Jeff Wilson, Kevin
Frank and Sherwood McKinnis
are all upperclassmen who will see
action, as will freshmen Andy
Furman and Mike Bieniewicz.
Reynolds expects Concordia
Gustavus, St. Olaf, and St. John's
to be the teams to beat, in that or-der.
Soccer
Soccer opens the season at
home, Sept, 15 at 1:30 against St.
Mary's, with a new coach and a
new outlook. Mark Leigh, a grad-uate
student at the University of
Minnesota and assistant housing
director at Bethel, takes over as
the new coach, stressing posses-sion
and accuracy. Assisting Leigh
will be Bethel graduate Brian
Bohne.
Camp opened Sept. 1, as ap-proximately
30 players went
through two-a-day workouts. Of-fensively,
the Royals should be
deep, with many players possibly
seeing action. This depth is un-usual
for Bethel soccer.
The Royals are led by their co-captains,
winger Doug Hage and
two-time MVP Jon Fast. Other re-turning
starters include Jon Fred-erickson,
Jeff Beckman, Bob
Genheimer, and Mark Maillefer.
Two of the last year's key play-ers
appear to be out for the sea-son.
The loss of Doug "Vamos"
Barkey (torn knee ligament) and
Dave Vessey (concussion) dealt a
blow to the Royal defense.
by Carol Madison
Practice sessions for the
women's volleyball team began
three days ago in preparation for
the start of the season on
September 21 at the Bemidji In-vitational.
Returning seniors Sheryl Meyer
and Janet Peterson will lead the
varsity as co-captains. Only four
other players will return with var-sity
experience.
Juniors Joy Sorensen and Kati
Miller, along with sophomores
Deb Omath and Lori Olsen will
combine their varsity experience
with the junior varsity experience
of Merry Olmstead, Tami Miller,
Leslie Smith, Linda Wong, Man-dy
Fawley and Kris Doble in com-peting
for starting positions.
The fifteen freshmen expected
to try out for the team will also be
vying for varsity spots.
"Sheryl, Janet, Joy and Kati
started a lot last year, and the rest
of the players will have to decide
where they fit in," said Coach
Karyl Frye. "We'll be carrying 18
to 24 players on the J.V. and
varsity, and those interested are
still welcome to come and tryout
for the team."
Because Coach Frye sees the
spiking department as the team's
Field against St.
foot shot.
strongest asset, she anticipates us-ing
a multiple offense.
"We would like to have three
hitters up front, with the setter
coming out the back row. We're
looking for good setters and back
row people who can pass the ball
up well on the serve," she said.
The Royals schedule will in-clude
seventeen matches and one
weekend tournament, along with
the state tournament at Macales-ter.
"We have a very busy schedule
this year, and our success will de-pend
on the condition of the
team," said Frye.
Cross-country
Tomorrow the cross-country
team begins its season with an
alumni and intrasquad meet at
11:00. Their first conference meet
is Sept. 15 versus Gustavus and
Southwest State.
This season the team, coached
by Gene Glader, hopes to hold its
home meets on the running trail
that surrounds the Bethel campus.
Although hurt by the loss of
Dave Clapp to graduation, the
harriers should be strong with re-turnees
Brent Friesen, Jim Feleen,
and Brian Galloway, among Bethel soccer begins next Saturday at Bremer
others.. Mary's. Here lanky Dan Blake sets for an off
Volleyball team prepares for full season;
large freshmen turnout expands roster
Two very competent areas of the Royal team this year should be the kicking and the MIAC field goal record. Three qua
passing game. Paul Lindberg (left) exhibits the form that allowed him to break season nears.
erbacks will vie for starting job as the